Boxelder Bug

Boxelder Bug

The boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) is a North American species of tree bug. It is found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as maple and ash trees.

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Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret
The cattle egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds.

White Pelican

White Pelican
The American white pelican is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter.

Wood Stork Preening

Wood Stork Preening
The wood stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family. It was formerly called the “wood ibis”, though it is not really an ibis. As of June 26, 2014 it is classified as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Swan Head

Swan Head

Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. The swans’ close relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini.

Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Crane

The sandhill crane is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska’s Sandhills on the American Plains